Saddle for bicycles



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NITED STATES f ATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. CHANGER, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE GRANT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SADDLE FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,917, dated April 21, 1896.

Application led October 12, 1896. Serial No. 565,506. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. GRANGER, of

Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State v of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saddles for Bicycles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to the particular construction of saddles for bicycles, the object being to so construct the saddle that it shall be light, yielding, and open to the free circu lation of air. This object I attain by the con struction and arrangement shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-n Figure lis a plan of the saddle. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective showing the framework of the saddle, viewed from the under side. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on line X X of Fig l.

v The body part of iny saddle is of woven cane, as shown. The frame is partly of reed or rods of flexible wood and partly of metal in the form of tubing, and is constructed as follows: A metal tube B B, preferably steel, is used as a head-piece. This tube has firmly connected to it, by welding, brazing, or some other suitable inea-ns, a second tube C, forniing the mid-rib, bent as shown and having a hole at D. The part E E E2 may be made of reed or of flexible wood properly treated. This piece is softened and made iieXible by steam or otherwise, and is `then bent into about the shape desired. It is then united to the metallic part B B by passing one end through the hole at D in the end of the piece C, and then forcing the ends E and E2, respectively, into the ends B and B of the tube B B', as shown in Fig. 2. The ends E E2 may be cemented or otherwise fastened to the tube B BC In the act of weaving the body of the saddle a second reed or, if preferred, a rod of IieXible wood H H2 is joined to the reed E E E2, so as to stiften the body of the saddle and give strength to the whole. The outer reed H H H2 may be nailed 0r pinned to the inner reed E E E2 to give additional strength to the outside frame.

In Fig. l the saddle is shown complete, the weaving being of a simple pattern. If desired, more ornamental designs may be introtroduced, and the cane may be replaced by threads or cords of cotton, wool, or silk, or the weaving may be partly of thread or cord.

I claim- In a bicycle-saddle a frame consisting of a bent reed adapted to form the outer part and united to a metal tube having a head-piece adapted to receive and hold the ends of the said reed as described, and a curved central mid-rib firmly attached to the said headpiece,

and an interwoven body part substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 12th day of September, A. I). 1895.

FRANK E. GRANGER. Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, GEO. S. LEE. 

